Gault v. Branton

This is a suit for the specific performance of a contract for the sale of a plantation in Washington County, Mississippi, containing somewhat less than 781 acres of land. The buyers were the individual appellants, complainants below, Clyde V. Gault, Hugh G. Payne, William M. Reid, Jr., who later conveyed to appellant Whitehall Plantation, Inc. The seller was the appellee, defendant below, J. E. Branton. On September 6, 1916, the appellee entered into a written contract with appellants to sell them the plantation in question, known as the South Half of Burdette Plantation. The purchase price…